Dish-washer.



No. 867,968. PATENTED OCT. 15, 1907.

- J. M. GILBERT.

DISH WASHER.

APPLIDATIOI FILED OCT-9. 1908.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOEL M. GILBERT, OF'SlMMIT, NEW JERSEY DISK-WASHER no. asmoa.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. s, 1901'.

I'o all whom it may concern:

lle it known that. l, Josr. M. Gitusnr; a citizen of the United States, residing at Summit, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented cer- Iain new and useful Improvements in Dish-Washers; and i do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to new and useful improve moms in dish washing machines and my object. is to provide a device of this class wherehy the tray containing the dishes will he raised and normally held in an elevated position through the medium of springs.

A further object is to provide means for readily de pressing the dish tray whereby the dishes will he intmerstsl in water.

A still further object is to provide menus for readily removing the dish tray from its supporting frame.

A st ill further ohjeet is to provide means for quickly attaching and detaching the several parts of the operat iru: mechanism.

Uthct objects and advantages will he hereinafter referred toand tnore particularly pointed out in tln-t'lttilns.

In the aceornrstnying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure t is a perspective view oi my improved dish washer mmplete and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a [wists-olive view of the dish tray removed from its sup srrting future. Fig.1! is a pet'- 80 spective view of the support ing tranre removed from the washer proper. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation on an nlar'gml scale showing the connecting means hetween parts of the opentting device. Fig. 5 is a similar view of a slightly modified form of connecting means, and,

85 Figs. 6 and .7 are detail elevations showing slightly rnoditied forrnsof snpmrtiirg springs.

Referring to the'dmwingsgin which similar reference numerals designate 'riorrm sinding .aiports lhmttgltottttlrewvenrl 'views l. indicates a pan which may he of any desired tllttWtlsl tttt and prefemhly circular within which is adaptml 'to vertically reeipnxnte a snpportingt'rante 2; said suptsrrting frame heing ot' less diamet r-tltanrthe snt nnd normally concentric therewith,

the snp strtingfnuue being held in position by means of spring arms 3,. 'thospriug arms :l'aro preferably curved and formsubstantially a complete circle, one end of the spring arrnslheing secured to the upper edge of the pan while the opposite ends th reof are sec'ur d to blocks I carried upon the wriphery of,the snpprwting frame 2 and to normally support the supporting frame mncontric Witlttlte pan, the springs are disposed in pairs upon opposite sides of the supporting frame and spaced at suitable distance apart so that the tension of the spring arms with respect to the sup- 66 p rting frame will he cqnalimsl.

Extending upwardly from the supporting future .5 and preferably midway between each pair of spring arms are cars 5 to each of which is pivotall y secured n standard 6, the upper ends of said standards being formed integral with the curved cross bar 7, the ends of the cross bar extending beyond the standards to form trunnions 8, the lower surfaces of which are [lettoned as best shown at 9 in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

Secured to the outer face of the pan 1 are upwardly and outwardly extending brackets 10 to the upper ends of which is pivotally secured an operating lever, said lever being preferably formed of a section of rod bent upon itself at its central. portion to form parallel sections 11, the central portions 12 of which are curvedoutwardly a sufficient distance so that when the operating lever is swung downwardly the curved portions I! will extend to the outside of the, supporting frame 2. The free ends of the sections 11 are pivoted to the brackets 10 while the opposite ends thereof are pro vided with a counts-ting bar 13 which forms a handle and by which means the operator can readily depress the operating lever.

A portion oi the curved sections 12 at a point adjacent their longitudinal center is struck up as at. M to term seats for substantially hmk-shn wd sockets I!) which are rigidly secured within the struck up portions 14 and are adapted to receive the trunnions s of the cross bars 7, the lower horizontal section it; of tlte sockets lli engaging the tint snriaee ll of the trunnions. The upper section l7 ot' the socket. I5 is curved to lit. the contour of the struck up p rtions l-l while the section [it is disposed in a horizontal plane and substantially straight so that the mouth is of the socket l5 will he lutmiwer than the body portion of thesm'kct and it. will be readily seen that by providing the flat portion 9, that the trunnion will readily enter the month ls but as soon as the operating lever is deprereetLtlnhorizontal portion in will he moved away from the tint. portion 9 and the socket. slightly rotated on the trunnions therehy presenting the full diameter of the trnnuions to the mouth 95 ts and preventing the trunnion from leaving the soeketsduringtheopemtionof the lever.

'lhe sup mrting frame 2 is preiemhly in the form oi a circular hand and is provided at. its lower eudwith emssed slats ttl, said slats having their ends dispostd 100 M t-t l itties and secured to he lace of thesummrting fl'atue.

Disposed within the supporting frame and resting upon the slats lit-is a dish tray 20, said tray also being preferably circular and ot' sutlieient diameter to snugly 105 tit within the snptmrting t'rannand the bottom of the tray is formed from any suitable wrt'orntwl material and preferably ot heavy woven wire 2t so that the water can freely enter the tray when the supporting frame is dim-ted downwardly into tlte pan.

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